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New community group launched in Sheffield to tackle mental health

by Joseph Gainsford | Feb 16, 2023 | News, Top stories

A new community group is helping the NHS by offering opportunities to those stuck on a long waiting list for mental health services. Rise Sheffield, which is based near Ranmoor, focuses on helping people who have experienced mental health issues by offering a safe and...

Doncaster teenager launches desperate plea for his missing family after Turkey earthquake

by Callum McIntyre | Feb 10, 2023 | News, Top stories, Top Story - Home Page Lead

A distraught teenager has launched a desperate plea to help find his family who arefeared trapped in the rubble at the epicentre of the Turkey and Syria earthquake. Soner Ekiztas, 17, from Lewyns Drive in Doncaster has raised over £4,000 for his dad andcousin who have...

Dance for donations: Virtual dance party raising money for children’s hospital

by Larissa Hurt | Feb 10, 2023 | News, Top stories, Top Story - Home Page Lead, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1

Pinder Dance Productions has organised a virtual dance party in aid of Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity’s annual Pyjama Day. For the third annual Pyjama Day, the dance company, based in the city centre, is expecting hundreds of screens to join its ‘wake and...

Sheffield Council ‘not doing enough’ for climate change says South Yorkshire Climate Alliance.

by Larissa Hurt | Feb 10, 2023 | News, Top stories, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2

The South Yorkshire Climate Alliance (SCA) have endorsed Sheffield Council’s new Clean Air Zones, but urged them to go even further. Lindy Stone, an SCA board member, said: “We are supportive of measures but we are mostly encouraging the council to take...

Sheffield Council social care funding increases by £29 million

by joa19cwb | Feb 17, 2022 | News, Top stories

Social care budgets at Sheffield Council have been increased by £29m to ease pressure on the overstretched service. The council have managed to maintain the budget at the expenditure given to social care in 2021/22, according to the authority’s new revenue...

Breaking news: Red alert as Storm Eunice hits

by joa19fh | Feb 17, 2022 | Environment, News, Top stories

Storm Eunice causes ‘Red alert’ weather warning issued as UK hit with nearly 100mph gusts. An emergency Cobra meeting was called by the Government today to discuss the incoming Storm Eunice after the Met Office issued a rare ‘red warning’ to stay indoors...
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